Ignore Us At Your (Our) Peril
It is a mistake to assume that Oklahoma is a lost cause or full of ignorant redneck fundamentalists not worthy of any blue person's attention. Why, you ask, should we at dailyKos, or the DNC or any...
View ArticleOn Being A Woman
I graduated from high school in '75 in Tulsa, OK. We had ONE black person in my high school. ONE.So why is my diary titled "On Being A Woman"? I’m writing about race so far; doesn’t make much sense....
View ArticleThe Real Concern re: Obama's Passport
I'm reading the diaries here and the comments which have quickly moved into "who" and "why". I'm an ardent Obama supporter and I am disgusted by the tactics used by the other political candidates (HRC...
View ArticleRecipe for Obama Kool-Aid** w/poll
I've finally tracked down the recipe for Obama Kool-Aid. My kids have been screaming for more. It's very inexpensive and easily made. The best part is that it lasts forever, doesn't need...
View ArticleObama and the Art of Aikido-revisited!
I posted this diary back in April. It didn't get much play then and it probably won't tonight, but what I saw tonight was absolutely the Art of Aikido and I thought it might be an appropriate...
View ArticleShe's Come Undone
This isn't much of a diary......everyone else has already said everything that needs to be said about HRC's comments from earlier today. Keith Olbermann perhaps said it best. But the words "she's...
View ArticleHope, Love and Community-Our New Family
My participation on dailyKos began around the time Fahrenheit-911 came out. Eight of us went to the see the movie in the theater. We left speechless; sad, angry, disgusted and unable to talk to each...
View ArticleJake the Wonder Dog loves Obama
The rules say my intro must be between 300 and 1150 characters long. So this is just to say that Jake the Wonder Dog says YES WE CAN and I've ordered some Ojama's brought to us by iceberslim. Ojama...
View ArticleThe 50-State Strategy at Work in Wisconsin
The 50 State Strategy is hard at work in Wisconsin. This morning, the front page of our local paper, Wisconsin State Journal, has this story above the fold (click for the webpage story): Democrats...
View ArticleObama and the Art of Aikido-revisited!
I posted this diary back in April and am reposting it tonight with some minor edits and additions. It didn't get much play then and it probably won't tonight, but what I saw tonight was absolutely the...
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Zen and the art of being a dog
This diary is insubstantial. It includes no soaring rhetoric, no in-depth research, no call to action. It is however a reminder to me and maybe to some of you that we can and should remember the...
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Goodbye Sweet Friend - Jake the Wonder Dog™
Many of you have come to know our dog Jake these past months. Jake was a mastiff/shepherd mix. A big lug of a dog. At his best he weighed about 120 lbs. He was with us for 10 years and we lost him...
View ArticleMake a Difference on Election day-on the ground training report w/poll
RavingRev and I spent two hours this morning at poll-watching and Houdini training.You may be asking, what the hell is Houdini training? Well, let me tell you it's just one of the incredible ways that...
View ArticleBeautiful Weather Forecasts - 11/04/08
Sort of a weather junkie here so I started wondering what we can expect on The Most Important Election Day in our lifetimes. Folks, it's looking beautiful! If there's a chance of rain, it's below 40%...
View ArticleWhat?
There are many things about each of us that are invisible to others: Our politics, our religious beliefs, our sexual orientation, our educational level, our health, etc. We make assumptions about...
View ArticleGTFU or STFU
Not a political specialist in any way - no incredible writing talents to share - not particularly witty and funny. But I AM a reader and Daily Kos has been a critical part of my knowledge diet for a...
View ArticleIt has happened to me. It has happened to you.
It’s happened to me many, many times. It’s happened to you many, many times — and Donald Trump’s vile and disgusting admission of sexual assault has brought the memories roaring back into my...
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